The Undercover Heir is Actually Tycoon's Secret Girlfriend-Chapter 458 - 377

"Weren’t you all concerned about who splashed water on me the other day? It was her. She locked me in the bathroom so no one else could get in, and then poured a bucket of water over my head!"

Ren Caiyun started crying as she spoke, her tears falling in large drops; her small face was flushed red with anger, but her eyes were fixed on Rong Zhi, as if accusing her of disgraceful conduct.

Rong Zhi slowly twirled the pen from her pinkie to her index finger and then swiftly back again while waiting for Ren Caiyun to sob for a while before calmly asking, "Are you done speaking?"

Ren Caiyun was immediately choked up by a sob, "What, what do you mean?"

Rong Zhi tossed aside the pen and leaned back leisurely, interlacing her fingers in front of her, her demeanor relaxed and unconstrained. Though she was sitting, Ren Caiyun had to look down at her, yet inexplicably saw an imposing aura from her.

"Tell me, why would I waste my time splashing water on you? Am I crazy?"

Unexpectedly, Rong Zhi would go so far to clear her name by turning the tables. The expressions of the others present varied, even Ying Hengxiang was slightly at a loss for words.

Only Ren Caiyun, who knew the true situation, felt suffocated, wanting to lash out at her but not daring to do so, could only interrogate with a face alternating between green and red:

"How would I know, maybe you’re jealous of me. After all, we are the only two teams participating in the Medical Alliance assessment this time, and you might want to mess with me because of personnel selection."

Ren Caiyun thought it through. At that moment, there were no cameras in the bathroom, so no one knew what actually happened inside.

She could leverage her connections at the research institute to take preemptive action and reverse black and white, and then others would be inclined to side with her, denouncing Rong Zhi.

Sure enough, after Ren Caiyun finished explaining, the others’ gazes towards Rong Zhi became slightly strange.

It wasn’t that they didn’t trust Rong Zhi, but they really were not familiar with her and didn’t know her character, hence they didn’t dare to jump to conclusions.

Yet Rong Zhi remained easygoing, her gaze fixed on the tear-streaked face of Ren Caiyun, and said with a soft laugh, her tone seemed wrapped in a thin layer of chilly frost, "Do you think I need to be jealous of you?"

Her words carried a meaning.

On one hand, it mocked Ren Caiyun, on the other, it proved her own connections.

She indeed had no need to be jealous of Ren Caiyun, as she had plenty of alternative personnel under her, Xia Panxian had even given up on her involvement with Ren Caiyun in favor of her.

Ren Caiyun was instantly embarrassed and furious, her hand pointing at her trembled slightly, "You!"

"There’s no cameras in the bathroom, but there are in the corridor," Rong Zhi leaned forward to pick up the phone on the table, casually waved it in front of Ren Caiyun, smiling playfully, "Do you need me to show you?"

Ren Caiyun was taken aback.

It was only then that she slowly remembered that there was monitoring in the corridor from the lab to the bathroom. She and Rong Zhi went to the bathroom one after the other, definitely caught by the cameras. As long as Rong Zhi asked Tang Xuyun for access, she could get the footage. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Ren Caiyun involuntarily bit her lip, her face quite anxious, unable to answer Rong Zhi’s question.

The people started to catch on.

Ying Hengxiang crossed his arms, raised an eyebrow and sneered slightly, "And you dare to falsely accuse someone, has your intelligence been washed away?"

Ren Caiyun was immensely ashamed, "How could you say that about me?!"

"I’m not talking about you," Ying Hengxiang gave a provocatively smug smile, autumn water eyes filled with chilly frost, his tone mocking, "Don’t rush to wear the suit if it doesn’t fit, makes you look brainless."

He never spoke kindly usually, plus due to his status, no one dared to provoke him. Ren Caiyun had just run into him like that, still maligning his friend, no wonder he was angry.

Rong Zhi lifted her eyelids to look at the girl who was black-faced and gloomy after being attacked, she gestured for Ying Hengxiang to ease up a bit, then looked at Ren Caiyun.

Her eyebrows arched slightly, with a hint of rebellious red, her eyes shrouded in a shallow mist, bottomless. Merely a silent gaze made Ren Caiyun feel as if her neck was being strangled, hard to breathe.

"If you want nothing to be known, do nothing."

Rong Zhi’s voice was calm, noting Xia Panxian’s name, stood up; she was much taller than Ren Caiyun, standing like that, she could almost be described as looking down from a position, an oppressive presence emanating.

Ren Caiyun’s heart suddenly raced, uncontrollably stepping back two steps, "You, stay away from me."

Rong Zhi pursed her lips, smiling coldly. She couldn’t be bothered to tangle with Ren Caiyun at this moment, directly letting Ying Hengxiang gather the team and leave.

Instinctively feeling the other’s fierce aura, Ren Caiyun immediately moved aside to give way, not only until Rong Zhi left that the oppressive feeling disappeared did she belatedly react, extremely frustrated.

But the others present looked at her with a look of suspicion, except for Meng Shenghui who stepped forward to comfort her, no one else dared to approach.

Ren Caiyun had never suffered such humiliation before, immediately burst into tears, covering her mouth and running out of the lab.

-

This year’s first snow in Beijing fell particularly early.

Cloaked in silver, it was cold and windy.

Rong Zhi, carrying a suitcase, went out to meet Ying Hengxiang and others at Capital International Airport. After two days of coordination, she got to know the other two members of the team.

Today, they were set to depart for A State. Just as they arrived at the airport to check in, they were informed that the flight booked by the school bound for A State had already taken off.

The tickets were booked uniformly, issued just before takeoff, and the school was supposed to notify them in advance. But Ye Li was sure he remembered the flight time clearly, so how could they be late?

"There’s no way," Ye Li rubbed his chin, "Ren Caiyun clearly told me the departure time was ten o’clock, and it’s only nine now, we still have half an hour to check in."

Hearing this, Rong Zhi pondered for a moment before reaching out to him, "Let me see your phone."

Ye Li quickly unlocked it and handed it to her. With his consent, Rong Zhi opened WeChat, finding Ye Li and Ren Caiyun’s chat at the top, with the last message time an hour ago.

"Didn’t she tell you the boarding time according to the ticket?" Rong Zhi returned the phone to him.

Ye Li nodded, "She did. When she gave me the ticket, she mentioned boarding by half-past nine at the latest."

"The time was wrong," Rong Zhi looked at the ticket with a blank expression, the departure time prominently displayed as nine o’clock.

Ye Li had been duped by Ren Caiyun.

"What?!" Ye Li exclaimed in astonishment.

He hurriedly opened the chat records with Ren Caiyun.

This trip was organized by Ren Caiyun, and when Ye Li communicated with her, she repeatedly reminded him that boarding was at ten o’clock. When he got the ticket, trusting her, he didn’t check carefully, naturally assuming boarding was at ten.

Ying Hengxiang rubbed his temples in mild annoyance, "I forgot to remind you to be careful of Ren Caiyun; she fell out with us two days ago."

The day Ren Caiyun fell out with Rong Zhi, Ye Li was unwell and happened to be absent, so he didn’t know about Ren Caiyun’s grudge against them.

And Ren Caiyun doing this, Ying Hengxiang thought, might be her way of getting back at them.

He internally scoffed in sheer distaste, lowering his opinion of Ren Caiyun completely.

Ye Li was totally dumbfounded, Xia Panxian explained softly to him, and when she finished, the brash young man nearly cried in panic.

"I didn’t know; I trusted her too much. It’s all my fault..."